138 THE GENERA OF FISHES 



CXLVIII. GRAY, Description of Twelve New Genera of Fish found 

 by General Hardwicke in India: Zool. Misc., 1831, 7-10. 



John Edward Gray. 



Centracion Gray, 5 ; type Centracion zebra Gray. 



Equivalent to Heterodontus Blainville, regarded as preoccupied by Heterodon 

 Latreille, a genus of serpents. 



Temera Gray, 7, 152; type Temera hardwickei Gray. 



Monotypic. Also in 111. Ind. Zool. 

 Botia Gray, 8; type Botia almorh/e Gray. 



Nandina Gray, 8; type Cyprinus nandina Hamilton. 



Chaca Gray, 8; type Platystacus chaca Hamilton. 



Coilia Gray, 9; type Coilia hamiltoni Gray. 



Raconda Gray, 9 ; type Raconda russelliana Gray. 



Moringua Gray, 9 ; type Moringua lateralis Gray. 

 Also in 111. Ind. Zool., 95. 



CXLIX, GRAY, Illustrations of Indian Zoology, chiefly selected from 

 the collection of General Hardwicke. 



Two volumes of excellent plates, but without text; the plates not 

 paged, but with manuscript numbers. Vol. I, 1830-1832, Vol. H, 1833- 

 1834. The exact dates are uncertain. The first five of the following 

 occur in CXLVHI ; also, pp. 8, 9. 



Ailia Gray, 85, 1831 ; type Ailia bengalensis Gray. 



Acanthonotus Gray, 85, 1831 ; type Acanthonotus cuvieri Gray 

 (Ailia bengalensis Gray). 



Name preoccupied. Same as Ailia. Based on injured specimen. 

 Anacanthus Gray, 85, 1831 ; type Anacanthus barbatus Gray. 



Name preoccupied by Anacanthus Ehrenberg, 1829. Replaced by Psiloceph- 

 ALUS Swainson. 



Diplopterus Gray, 87, 1831 ; type Diplopterus pulcher Gray. 



Not identified ; said to have two anal fins. Name preoccupied in birds, Boie. 



Rataboura Gray, 95, 1831 ; type Mur^na rataboura Hamilton (Rata- 

 BouRA hardwickei Gray). 

 Same as Moringua Gray, but with line priority. 



